比賽主辦方的 “道歉信”：

 

Note from the Race Organizers:

Message for the full marathon runners: After weeks working for you and you training hard for your race, we were in disbelief when we learned that the Sheriff had mistakenly led the marathon runners off the course resulting in adding 0.38 miles to your marathon race.

We share your frustration, believe us! There’s nothing more important to us than our amazing athletes. We know how hard you worked for this!

The good news is that we re-cerified the course immediately and USATF has confirmed that anyone who BQ today has qualified for the Boston Marathon!!!!

For the people who did not qualify, we will continue to address the issue tomorrow. However, we were told that by USATF standards we’re not allowed us to adjust the timing.

We hope you can understand that this was not an oversight on our part, and that you can still cherish your big accomplishment!